Do you guys have an etsy account? I’ve just started playing around with the site and I REALLY like it. Its so much fun and so easy to use.

Also, I think its time for a makeover. My website has looked like this for 2 years now. Its screaming for a change! I use wordpress for this so I was looking at themes yesterday. I think we’re going to go with this one.

I’m most excited about the portfolio page.

So pretty!!!!
My blog is going to look better too.

So look at for those new changes!! Hopefully they will come sometime soon. I can’t wait to see what my pictures look like in white…

OHHHH LA LA :)

This time was a little different. I found a great spot where I could get almost eye level with the water. After a bit of climbing, check out some of the pics I ended up with.

1. I went over 100ft!! The water at that atmosphere is GORGEOUS! The bluest water I have ever seen.
2. I saw sharks, turtles, lion fish, lobsters, played with sting rays, watched eagle rays swim, got bit by a yellow tail fish, & so much more

Too bad my underwater housing had a leak. My camera was done by the end of our first dive. I’ll post all the pics and videos I have soon.

For now, here’s a sunset right in front of our hotel…

** WARNING** If you ever go to Cayman, BRING BUG SPRAY!!!

Since my point and shoot camera broke, I’ve been surfing around for a new one. I was thinking about Canon’s new one, PowerShot S95.

I like it because you can record HD videos on it and has auto bracketing mode. Since it has not been released, its hard to find good reviews on it. If you guys could recommend another point and shoot, that has an underwater housing available, I’d appreciate the suggestions.

Finally, check this out!! I thought it was hilarious! Great gift for any photographer.

It’s a camera lens coffee mug!
I found it at the Photojojo Store

Last year, I started to take pictures for Screameleons Chameleons.  The idea was to create calendars and posters for promotion of the company.  I had my own reasons for wanting to doing it.

1. I wanted to become a professional photographer 2. I had just bought a new D-SLR and I wanted another reason to use it.  3. It was something that I could do in my spare time.

The idea seemed easier than to actually do it.  There was A LOT of trial and error and frustrating times.  I had been trained on a film SLR and I didn’t realize how different a D-SLR could be.  Before I had taken pictures just for my own personal use, this time it had to be for real.

One major frustration was my lack of knowledge in Photoshop.  I had learned basics in some of my art classes, but it was nothing to the level of what I had to do for the chameleons.  I had to learn about aspect ratio, adjust color, and fix certain imperfections of the chameleon.  The lesson I learned was practice, practice, and if it doesn’t work.. start over and do it again. 

We also had to figure out which pictures would appeal to people the most.  For example, other animal calendars love to sell babies (puppies, kittens, etc.)

A baby chameleon is not so attractive.  Chameleons don’t start getting their color until they are a few weeks old.

Panther chameleons curl their tails naturally, in this cool looking spiral.

Not so cool to look at for an entire month on your wall.

Due to some unforeseen circumstances, our 2008 calendar didn’t come out until Feburary 2008.  I was excited to have a finished product, but it just didn’t come out in time.

This year was going to be different.  We were going to start earlier in the year and decrease our cost so that our 2009 Panther Chameleon Calendar could be sold competitively at a reasonable price at the right time of the year.

Future goals: 1. Sell as many Chameleon Calendars as possible this year and learn from mistakes made on the way so that next year will be better.  2. Make posters, magnets or even mouse pads as another way to create revenue.  3. Take a lot of quality pictures so that we have a stock of chameleon pictures. 4. Sell our calendar to a publisher. 5. Learn from mistakes so that each year the calendar gets progressively better.

Hopefully, this weekend I’ll get the shot I was looking for.